3D printing can reduce labour costs since there are no parts to assemble and has the potential to "smarten" up logistics in markets such as Singapore and China, but it will require businesses to rethink the entire manufacturing process--from design to when products are delivered to customers.

"we started really small. there were no investors, no kickstarter campaigns. just a man with a plan (and a huge stack of pizza boxes, which were used to ship 3d printer parts from a small basement workshop to the whole world)."